Sutter-Yuba County Biographies
EVERETT WHEATON LUTHER
Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler
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A native son of Sutter County is Everett Wheaton Luther, who was
born in Live Oak, Sutter County, December 2, 1868, a son of Hezekiah and Laura
(Drew) Luther, natives of Massachusetts and Iowa, respectively. Mr. Luther,
Sr., came to California when he was twelve years old, in a sailing vessel around
the Horn. After working in the mines for a while he engaged in farming at Live
Oak, and then purchased 360 acres adjoining Live Oak on the west. He married
Miss Laura Drew, a native of Iowa; she came to California in the early days with
her parents and crossed the plains by ox-team. Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Luther
became the parents of eight children, three of whom are living at present:
Everett Wheaton, the subject of this sketch; John Francis; and Mrs. May Pierce,
both of Live Oak. Hezekiah Luther lived to be eighty-three years old and his
wife passed away when she was sixty-eight.
Everett Wheaton Luther attended the public school at Live Oak, and
when he was nineteen years old he started out for himself, working as a ranch
hand. He went to Franklin district about 1911, and purchased 160 acres of land
of the Jack Simpson ranch one mile south of the Franklin school, which has been
devoted to grain. He has witnessed the steady growth and improvement in Sutter
County, and now, in the evening of his days, with his good wife by his side, and
surrounded by his children, he enjoys life to its full, a well-deserved reward
for his busy years. He is a Republican in his political views, and appreciates
the value of giving his support to the best men and measures proposed for his
community and country.
On March 6, 1895, at Yuba City, Everett Wheaton Luther was married
to Miss Lutetia Simpson. She was born on the same ranch where they now reside,
a daughter of Jack and Canzata Simpson, one of the thirteen children born to
this couple. Mr. and Mrs. Luther have been blessed with four children:
Charles, at Franklin; Gladys, Mrs. E. G. Harris; Lloyd; and Edwin, at home.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1267